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JUST START!!!
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ~ Lao Tzu Whether you are losing 20 pounds of fat or gaining 20 pounds of muscle your journey begins with you taking the initiative!
Fitness and Finance
We're broke, we're unhealthy, we spend more than we make, we eat more and exercise less. More people need Healthcare because they are unhealthy and the same people are financially overextended so they afford to pay for it, hence medical bills being the number one cause of bankruptcy. What do we do about this? Our [...]
Your Butt Cheeks Are Making Me Sad
While directing a photoshoot for Buzzfeed recently, I realized that a very basic lower body movement, one that I consider to be imperative for proper training, is completely foreign to most people. Many of the models struggled to understand and perform the move, because they had never tried it before. In my cushy fitness world [...]
Tabata Training, Fat Loss, and the Intensity Effect (Guest Post)
Your approach to a popular workout technique might be broken. Here's how to fix it for better results. by Adam Bornstein Imagine a world where any type of exercise you performed could burn fat and help you lose weight. Whether it was the treadmill, the weight room, or the swimming pool. You choose the activity, [...]
STRENGTH TRAINING IS A WIN-WIN!
Be enlightened! Strength training just burnt me just over 700 calories in one hour. Compare the same calorie burn with one hour on the treadmill, elliptical, stair climber, or bike in one hour. Strength training burns the same calories at a similar heart rate; also building strength, muscle mass, and increasing metabolism burning additional calories [...]
Determination!
If you are not destined, you must be determined! I was not destined to be fit. My genetics read "Fat Boy" I was determined to be fit and now I'm determined to help others be fit and healthy! Show me your determination!
You have control of your success!
Success in fitness and nutrition begins with you making the decision to control your life. You can control how many days per week you workout and the level of intensity during your workout. You have control of how often you eat and what food is on your plate. Achieve control of yourself and you will [...]
Forward Progress!
This qu0tes refers to the mind and how you are mentally developing into the person you want to become. The same applies to your body. If you are not working towards the body you want, most of the time you automatically move away from it. Work towards becoming the person you want to be [...]
Courage!
When it comes to nutrition, it takes courage to change habits that have been formed over many years. This first takes place in your mind with a decision to change. The real courage comes with each day after following through with that decision. Have the COURAGE to change your habits! It's your body, your [...]